{Jones Journals}

Friday, June 10, 2011

Ten on Ten: June 2011

What’s Ten on Ten you might ask? Once a month on the tenth, taking a photo an hour for ten consecutive hours. Finding much life and beauty among the ordinary things of our day.

I was REALLY hoping to have my new lens to play with for this month’s set, but alas, it was not meant to be. Oh well, I had some great things to take pictures of anyhow, and my kit lens is serving me well. A huge shout out to my mom for growing some of these beautiful flowers! I spent awhile in her neck of the woods today and captured some shots in her garden.

breakfast for kids

breakfast for mom

bamma’s garden

love bricks

iris

garage sale season….yippee!!

love ferns too. too bad I’m allergic to them.

just love the contrast of these!

15 years?! how did this happen? seriously. I feel old.

family movie night.

Wednesday, June 01, 2011

WE’VE BEEN ELKED

You know around Christmas time, how people leave little fun goody bags or gifts at your doorstep with a sign that says “You’ve been elfed”? Well, we’ve been elked. Only our frequent visitors are MUCH larger than elves and do not leave the kind of gifts you really look forward to… (eewww. Sorry.)

We’ve been seeing these guys in our yard around 3 times a week lately, but usually it is just dark enough that I can’t get a good shot. Often times there are at least 3 at a time, but sometimes as many as 9. They really are so huge and these pictures do not do them justice. This little guy (not that little but Aaron says he is young) happened to wander into our yard in the afternoon so I was able to capture some shots from the front room window.

The above shot is in front of our neighbor’s house just before Aaron and the boys decided to “sneak” outside to try and spook it into the backyard. (Epic fail.)
It sure is wild to have so much wildlife in our yard. While we moved into this house under not the best of circumstances, and it wasn’t my first choice, I am really glad the boys have been able to regularly see these amazing animals. Seeing the elk in the yard is such a common occurrence these days that Aaron will only come out to see them if there are any with “racks”. Wow, we’ve come a long way from our inner city Tacoma house next to the mini-mart with bars on the windows!

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

tEn ON TEN: MAY

It’s that time again! You know the drill…

Whew! It was a busy day! Click HERE to link up and view other Ten on Ten sets.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Easter Sunday

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

A Girls Getaway (A post for Holly Boyd)

Last weekend, Amy, Alice and I got a chance to getaway to Ocean Shores to do a little scrapbooking. Just as we were pulling into town, there was a gorgeous sunset, so we pulled onto the beach and snapped a few pics. Doesn't the sun just radiate such a warm glow? Don't kid yourself... it was FREEZING!!! We got to the house with just enough light to unload the truck. We set up all our stuff and then ended the night with a chick flick. Perfect!

Over the next few days I got a good dent put in a couple of projects, so I am happy with my productivity. I got half of 2010 done and started on my Disneyland album. One of the days we did take a walk down to the beach for a little break. Having been fresh out of a photography class, I took advantage of the beautiful scenery and got in some practice shots. Here are a few of my faves.

Playing with shutter speeds:

Playing with aperture:

Some random words that I consider highlights of our fun times this weekend:

Ice Cream*Ross*Very tiny straws*Jumping*More jumping*More Ice Cream*Wind*Chick flicks*Gangsta Rap for Alice*Talking till 3am*Memories preserved*Memories made*

It is so funny how inspired I am every time I come home from a scrapbooking weekend. My creative juices are all flowing! I might even do some work on it at home. Like at my scrapbooking desk. Alone. Hold up, people! This is big.

Thanks girls for a fab weekend. I loved it.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

10 on... 13?

This month has been a little crazy. But I really did take these on the tenth. We actually lost power on the tenth so I couldn't post them and then I haven't had a chance to post them until now. Better late than never!